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	'''''Stack-o-Tracks''''' is an instrumental album release by [[the Beach Boys]] containing backing tracks to fifteen of their songs spanning their career to that point. As it was issued during one of their lowest commercial ebbs in the ~~U.S.~~, ''Stack-o-Tracks'' became the first Beach Boys album to fail to reach the US ~~or UK~~ charts. Until 1992's ''[[Summer in Paradise]]'', it would remain their only official release to have this distinction.		'''''Stack-o-Tracks''''' is an instrumental album release by [[the Beach Boys]] containing backing tracks to fifteen of their songs spanning their career to that point. As it was issued during one of their lowest commercial ebbs in the US, ''Stack-o-Tracks'' became the first Beach Boys album to fail to reach the US charts. Until 1992's ''[[Summer in Paradise]]'', it would remain their only official release to have this distinction.

	The US versions of the album included a booklet with the bass lines, lead lines, chords and lyrics (to sing along with), whereas European editions contained just the lyrics and a different cover. ''Stack-o-Tracks'' quickly disappeared and was out of print for two decades. In 1990, [[Capitol Records]] re-issued it on CD, and again in 2001 - both releases without the booklet that accompanied the vinyl edition.		The US versions of the album included a booklet with the bass lines, lead lines, chords and lyrics (to sing along with), whereas European editions contained just the lyrics and a different cover. ''Stack-o-Tracks'' quickly disappeared and was out of print for two decades. In 1990, [[Capitol Records]] re-issued it on CD, and again in 2001 - both releases without the booklet that accompanied the vinyl edition.

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{{Infobox album
| name = Stack-o-Tracks
| type = Remix
| artist = [[the Beach Boys]]
| cover = StackTracksCover.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 19, 1968
| recorded = July 1963 – June 1968
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Instrumental rock]] · [[pop music|pop]]
| length = 34:37
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer = The Beach Boys
| prev_title = [[Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3]]
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = [[20/20 (The Beach Boys album)|20/20]]
| next_year = 1969
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r30144|first=Richie|last=Unterberger}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin |year=2006|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |edition=4th|location=London |publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|page=479}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=with Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |year=2004 |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=4th |location=New York, NY |publisher=Fireside/Simon & Schuster |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/46 46] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/46 }}</ref>
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}}
'''''Stack-o-Tracks''''' is an instrumental album release by [[the Beach Boys]] containing backing tracks to fifteen of their songs spanning their career to that point. As it was issued during one of their lowest commercial ebbs in the U.S., ''Stack-o-Tracks'' became the first Beach Boys album to fail to reach the US or UK charts. Until 1992's ''[[Summer in Paradise]]'', it would remain their only official release to have this distinction.

The US versions of the album included a booklet with the bass lines, lead lines, chords and lyrics (to sing along with), whereas European editions contained just the lyrics and a different cover. ''Stack-o-Tracks'' quickly disappeared and was out of print for two decades. In 1990, [[Capitol Records]] re-issued it on CD, and again in 2001 - both releases without the booklet that accompanied the vinyl edition.

''Stack-o-Tracks'' was only available in [[Duophonic]], or fake stereo.

==Track listing==

{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Brian Wilson]] & [[Mike Love]] except where noted
| headline = Side One
| extra_column = Origin
| title1 = [[Darlin' (The Beach Boys song)|Darlin']]
| length1 = 2:12
| extra1 = ''[[Wild Honey (album)|Wild Honey]]'', 1967
| title2 = [[Salt Lake City (song)|Salt Lake City]]
| length2 = 1:58
| extra2 = ''[[Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)]]'', 1965
| title3 = [[Sloop John B]]
| length3 = 3:04
| writer3 = [[Traditional]], arranged by Wilson
| extra3 = ''[[Pet Sounds]]'', 1966
| title4 = [[In My Room]]
| length4 = 2:13
| writer4 = {{hlist|Wilson|[[Gary Usher]]}}
| extra4 = ''[[Surfer Girl]]'', 1963
| title5 = [[Catch a Wave]]
| length5 = 2:00
| extra5 = ''Surfer Girl''
| title6 = [[Wild Honey (The Beach Boys song)|Wild Honey]]
| length6 = 2:35
| extra6 = ''Wild Honey''
| title7 = [[Little Saint Nick]]
| length7 = 1:49
| extra7 = ''[[The Beach Boys' Christmas Album]]'', 1964
| total_length = 15:51
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Origin
| title8 = [[Do It Again (The Beach Boys song)|Do It Again]]
| length8 = 2:11
| extra8 = ''[[20/20 (The Beach Boys album)|20/20]]'', 1969
| title9 = [[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]
| length9 = 2:11
| writer9 = {{hlist|Wilson|Love|[[Tony Asher]]}}
| extra9 = ''Pet Sounds''
| title10 = [[God Only Knows]]
| length10 = 2:37
| writer10 = {{hlist|Wilson|Asher}}
| extra10 = ''Pet Sounds''
| title11 = [[Surfer Girl (song)|Surfer Girl]]
| length11 = 2:16
| writer11 = Wilson
| extra11 = ''Surfer Girl''
| title12 = [[Little Honda]]
| length12 = 1:36
| extra12 = ''[[All Summer Long (album)|All Summer Long]]''. 1964
| title13 = [[Here Today (The Beach Boys song)|Here Today]]
| length13 = 3:06
| writer13 = {{hlist|Wilson|Asher}}
| extra13 = ''Pet Sounds''
| title14 = [[You're So Good to Me]]
| length14 = 1:55
| extra14 = ''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''
| title15 = [[Let Him Run Wild]]
| length15 = 2:13
| extra15 = ''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''
| total_length = 18:05
}}

'''''Beach Boys' Party! / Stack-O-Tracks'' bonus tracks'''

In 1990, ''Stack-o-Tracks'' was paired on CD with ''[[Beach Boys' Party!]]'', with bonus instrumental tracks. While ''Stack-o-Tracks'' was originally available only in [[monaural|mono]] or [[Duophonic]] sound, the CD includes true [[stereophonic sound|stereo]] mixes of several tracks. The ''Party! / Stack-o-Tracks'' CD was reissued in 2001.

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Origin
| title16 = [[Help Me, Rhonda]]
| length16 = 2:54
| writer16 = Wilson
| extra16 = ''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''
| title17 = [[California Girls]]
| length17 = 2:45
| extra17 = ''Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)''
| title18 = Our Car Club
| length18 = 2:14
| extra18 = ''[[Little Deuce Coupe]]'', 1963
}}

==References==
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{{The Beach Boys compilations}}

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[[Category:1968 albums]]
[[Category:The Beach Boys albums]]
[[Category:Capitol Records remix albums]]

Stack-o-Tracks - Revision history

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